Saint Bernard
- Height 71–76 cm 66–71 cm
- Weight 63–82 kg 54–63 kg
- Life span 8–10 years
- Exercise 30 min/day
The Saint Bernard is a large, powerful dog breed with a thick, long coat that is typically red and white or brown and white in color. They are known for their strength, stamina, and gentleness, and were originally bred to help monks at the Great St. Bernard Hospice in the Swiss Alps.
- Group
- Working Group
- Origin
- Switzerland, Great St. Bernard Pass, Swiss Alps (17th–19th century)
- Coat
- medium double · red and white, brown and white, brindle and white, mahogany and white, and orange and white
- Also known as
- St. Bernard, Alpine Mastiff, and Bernhardiner
- Recognized by
- AKC, FCI, UKC, KC, CKC, ANKC, NZKC
- Hypoallergenic
- No
- Id
e0c3dc07-73d6-4209-ae0b-8ddd99817287
Traits
- Energy
- Trainability
- Barking
- Grooming
- Shedding
- Drooling
- Good with children
- Good with dogs
- Good with strangers
- Apartment friendly
Every rating runs from 1 to 5 against dogs in general, so a 3 is an average dog rather than an average Saint Bernard. They are researched estimates, not measurements.
Researched from hillspet.com petco.com pawlicy.com showsightmagazine.com
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This page, as API data
Everything above came from https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/e0c3dc07-73d6-4209-ae0b-8ddd99817287. No key, no sign up.
See it in the reference.
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The picture itself also has an endpoint:
https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/e0c3dc07-73d6-4209-ae0b-8ddd99817287/image, which redirects
straight to the file. See it in the reference.